#KaraboMokoena murder case: CCTV experts to testify before court

SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA  MAY 19: The funeral service of slain Karabo Mokoena on May 19, 2017 in Soweto, South Africa. The 22-year-old Karabo Mokoenas body was found burnt beyond recognition in in Bramley, Johannesburg, on April 29  two days after her disappearance. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)

CCTV experts are expected to take the stand in the murder trial against Sandile Mantsoe at the south Gauteng high court today.

Last week the state was meant to play the CCTV footage showing events that occurred before Karabo Mokoena’s death.

Mantsoe is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend last year.

On Thursday the court heard a statement from Mantsoe that alleged that Mokoena committed suicide and she has multiple sexual partners who maintained her expensive lifestyle.

The state was ready to proceed with presenting evidence last week Friday when Judge AJ Johnson said the footage could not be admitted as evidence before the people who worked on it appear before the court to testify.

He said he wants the chain of events from when the footage originates and he wants raw footage before it was edited.

On Thursday last week the court heard that Mokoena was unemployed and addicted to an expensive lifestyle.

Karabo’s father, Thabang Mokoena rubbished these claims about her daughter being financially dependent on men and that he was abusive to her.

Mokoena’s charred body was found on an open filed in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg. Mantsoe maintained that the 22 year old had committed suicide and he only disposed of her body out of fear and panic.

Mantsoe maintained that the 22 year old had committed suicide and he only disposed of her body out of fear and panic.